Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

कार्तिके शुक्लपक्षे च एकादश्यां नृपोत्तम । दीपमारोपयेद्यश्च हृषीकेशाग्रतो नृप

Transliteration

kārtike śuklapakṣe ca ekādaśyāṃ nṛpottama | dīpamāropayedyaśca hṛṣīkeśāgrato nṛpa

Translation

Wahai raja yang utama, pada bulan Kārttika, dalam paruh terang (Śukla-pakṣa), pada hari Ekādaśī—sesiapa yang menyalakan dan menempatkan pelita di hadapan Hṛṣīkeśa, wahai Raja…

Word by Word

• kārtike: in (the month of) Kārtika
• kārtike: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; कालवाचक-सप्तमी (locative of time)

• śukla-pakṣe: in the bright fortnight
• śukla-pakṣe: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक) + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारय-समासः (śuklaḥ pakṣaḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• ekādaśyām: on the eleventh (tithi)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; तिथिवाचक-सप्तमी (locative of time)

• nṛpa-uttama: O best of kings
• nṛpa-uttama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (nṛpāṇām uttamaḥ)

• dīpam: a lamp
• dīpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• āropayet: should place/raise
• āropayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-ruh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; causative sense not intended here (simple ‘place/raise’)

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• hṛṣīkeśa-agrataḥ: in front of Hṛṣīkeśa
• hṛṣīkeśa-agrataḥ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक) + agrataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: ‘agrataḥ’ इति देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of place: ‘in front of’); पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः (in front of Hṛṣīkeśa)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator/Ṛṣi addressing the King (contextual speaker within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kārttika night at the temple: the king/devotee sets a lamp on a stand before Hṛṣīkeśa; rows of lamps reflect on stone; the sky is clear, the sanctum doorway glows.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttika
• Ekādaśī
• Hṛṣīkeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kārttika-time worship is magnified: a simple lamp-offering before Hṛṣīkeśa is treated as highly transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine-space ‘before Hṛṣīkeśa’ in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Kārttika bright-fortnight Ekādaśī, offer/raise a lamp (dīpa) before Hṛṣīkeśa.